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Saturday, June 30, 2007

My name is Brett Weiss, writer of all things pop culture, which is a rather wide umbrella that includes video games, comic books, movies, antiques, collectibles, television, and music, among other topics. I’ve had short stories published in a number of small press magazines, but non-fiction is my literary bread and butter. My career in non-fiction writing began with the late, lamented All Game Guide, which allowed me to quit my day job at Waldenbooks.

Buoyed by the notion of working from home and writing for a living, I became a member of the Comics Buyer’s Guide Review Crew and began publishing regularly in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, AntiqueWeek, Fangoria, Filmfax, RETRO magazine, and numerous other publications. In all I've had well over 1,500 articles and reviews published.

Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984 was the first book in the history of publishing to offer comprehensive coverage of such consoles as the ColecoVision, Intellivision, and Odyssey2, while Classic Home Video Games 1985-1988 was the first to list and describe every single U.S. release for the Atari 7800, Nintendo NES, and Sega Master System. Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984, published in 2007, was also the very first video game book published by McFarland, an established and respected literary publisher that now has an entire section devoted to gaming.

When not writing, I enjoy hanging out with my lovely wife, having lunch with my mom, cycling all over Fort Worth, playing basketball and tennis, reading, playing video games, watching movies, and spending time with my college-age kids.

I also sell stuff on eBay, set up at comic book and video game trade shows, and sell comics, records, books, DVDs, action figures, Hot Wheels, Barbies, and the like in an antique mall booth:

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About Me

A freelance writer, I'm the author of the Classic Home Video Games series, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987, Encyclopedia of KISS, and other books. I've had articles published in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Filmfax, Fangoria, AntiqueWeek, The Writer, Mystery Scene, and more.
Contact me at brettw105 AT sbcglobal.net.